Mowing-machine attachment.



No. 780,014. A PATENTED JAN. 10, 1905.

- A. K. RAREY.

MOWING MACHINE ATTACHMENT.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 7, 190A.

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- Patented January 10, 1905.

OF KENTON, OHIO.

" IVIOWING-MACHINE ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 780,014, dated January10, 1905.

Application filed. January 7, 1904. Serial No. 188,147-

To all whom, zit may concern.-

.Be it known that LALFRED K. RAREY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kenton, in the county of Hardin and State of Ohio, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Mowing-Machine Attachments, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an attachment for mowing-machines, and has forits object to provide a simple and inexpensive device that may beattached to any mowing machine which will effectually prevent the cutgrass from falling or being blown by the wind against the standing oruncut grass and which will cause the cut grass to fall in a position outof the way of the machine in its next round.

My invention consists in the combination, construction, and arrangementof parts, as will be more fully described in the specification andpointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, in which similar letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts, Figure 1 illustrates a perspective view ofan ordinary mowing-machine with my improvement attached thereto; Fig. 2,a detached view of the bolt.

In the drawings the letter (t represents the linger-board, b theswatlrboard, and c the swath-stick of the usual form of mowing-machines.Removably secured to the rear end of the swath-board in a mannerhereinafter described is a wire (Z, which extends to the rear or underside of the seat of the mowingmachine and is adjustably secured theretoby means of a slotted bolt 0. The said bolt 0, which has an elongatedslotf formed therein, is threaded for the greater portion of its lengthand is provided with a flat rounded head portion. The bolt is passedthrough one of the usual openings formed in the bottom of themowing-machine seat, or an opening can be formed where desired, and asecuring-nut g holds it rigidly in position. An adjusting-nut lb and athumb-nut are then placed on the bolt, and the wire is then passedthrough the slot f and between the said nuts. The thumb-nut beingscrewed tightly against the wire holds it securely in position.

The wire cl may be attached to the swathboard in any suitable manner;but I prefer the method shown in the d rawings, which consists of ashort piece of wire doubled on itself and having the bent portion formedin the shape of a hooky, with the ends twisted together and passedthrough from the outside an opening made in and near the end of theswath-board, the free ends being then bent up and over the top of thesaid board and secured with a staple 7r, thus forming a springhook, overwhich an eye Z, formed in the end of the wire (Z, is adapted to pass. Astaple m on the upper edge of the swath board serves to further hold thesaid wire against lateral displacement.

The wire (Z is readily adjusted to suit the height of the grass to becut by means of the nuts it and d. between which the wire passes, beingmoved up or down on the threaded bolt 6. y

In operation in the usual form of mowingmachine,the grass after beingcut is first caught by the swath-board and forced inward toward themachine approximately eight inches from the standing grass, then comingin contact with the swath-stick is held in an upright position untilreleased by the swath-sticlt. when, as is well-known by operators ofthese machines, the wind. will cause it to fall against the standing oruncut grass or so close thereto as to be cut by the machine in its nextpassage. To obviate this difiiculty is the object of my invention, inwhich the grass after leaving the swath-stick is caught by the wire (Zand caused to fall toward the machine away from the standing grass, thusentirely overcoming the effect of the wind. That portion of the wireunder the swath-stick catches any short grass not held up by the saidstick and prevents it from drifting against the uncut grass, thusleaving a clear and clean path for the operation of the machine in itsnext passage.

It will be readily understood that my invention can be applied to otherforms of mowingmachines than that shown in the drawings, and I do notlimit myself to that construction. It

will also be understood that an equivalent for the wire cl may beused-for lnstance, a rod having two or more members adapted to slideupon each other, of any suitable metal or of wood. Rope or a chain mightbe used.

hat I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is-

1. In a mowing-machine, the combination with the seat and swath-board ofan adjustable connection, consisting of a wire or other suitable meansremovably secured to the said seat and swath-board, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a mowing-machine, the combination with the seat and swath-board,of an adjustable connection consisting of a wire having an eye at oneend, a hook on the said swath-board for engaging said eye, and means foradjustably securing the other end of the wire to the seat, substantiallyas described.

ALFRED K. RAREY.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. EWING, JOHN C. JoHNsoN.

